Major League Baseball announced this morning that the 2021 All-Star Game will be played at Coors Field in Denver. MLB pulled the game from Atlanta after Georgia passed restrictive voting measures.

Why Colorado? Interestingly Colorado has some of the most progressive voting laws in the country.

Colorado had country's 2nd highest turnout last year, interestingly.

It sent every registered voter an absentee ballot (& people were registered via automatic registration). It also recently restored voting rights to all formerly incarcerated ppl & ended prison gerrymandering. https://t.co/ksqU732qCS

— Taniel (@Taniel) April 6, 2021

The Washington Post writes:

Colorado has regularly been hailed as a beacon of voting laws. Not only does it routinely rank among the states with the highest turnout — it was nearly 87 percent of registered voters (and 75.5 percent of eligible voters) in 2020 — but it also has one of the safest systems in the country, if not the safest. Turnout depends on a lot of things, including voter interest, but it’s difficult to argue that a state that ranked No. 2 in turnout in 2020, even as many other states expanded their mail-in voting, is somehow comparable to a state with significantly lower turnout that is adding restrictions.

Colorado also has same day registration up until Election Day, and everyone in the state can vote by mail.

Gerrymandering hasn't gotten as much publicity in 2021 yet as GOP voting restrictions have, but another biggie is Colorado has independent redistricting commissions while Georgia GOP is about to viciously gerrymander again. CO stands head & shoulders above GA for fair elections https://t.co/5QkPJeMQ8R

— Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social (@PoliticsWolf) April 6, 2021